The Ungrateful SevakSevakServant of Bhagvãn.Tap to open in glossary →-Rãm
In the SamvatSamvatThe calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh.Tap to open in glossary → year 1876, on MãgsharMãgsharSixth month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between November and December.Tap to open in glossary → sudsudBright half of a Hindu lunar month in which the moon is in its waxing phase. The days between Amãs up to and including Punam. Also called shukla paksh.Tap to open in glossary → 13 [29th November, 1819], Shreeji Mahãrãj was sitting in Dãdã KhãcharDãdã KhãcharA devotee in whose residential darbar in Gadhada Swaminarayan Bhagwan stayed for extended periods; the great majority of the Vachanamrut's Gadhada-section discourses (Gadhada I, II, and III) were given there, as the text itself repeatedly records ("in Dada Khachar's darbar in Gadhada").Tap to open in glossary →’s darbãrdarbãrCourt of residence belonging to a king or ruler, traditionally with a central courtyard surrounded by rooms with balconies.Tap to open in glossary → in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. A sabhãsabhãAssembly. A group of satsangis listening to kathã or singing kirtans.Tap to open in glossary → of paramhansparamhans1) Supreme swan. A male sãdhu of the highest order,Tap to open in glossary →, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “Once, when I was travelling from Venkatãdri to Setubandh Rãmeshvar, I came across a sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → by the name of SevakSevakServant of Bhagvãn.Tap to open in glossary →-Rãm. He had studied Shreemad BhãgvatShreemad BhãgvatMost popular of the eighteen Purãns written by Vyãsji. It narrates the life, leelãs, and charitras of various avatãrs of Bhagvãn, particularly Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. One of the eight shãstras accepted as trustworthy by Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn.Tap to open in glossary → and other Purãns. During his journey, he fell ill. With him, he had a thousand rupees worth of gold coins. However, as he had no one to nurse him, he began to cry. I consoled him, and said, ‘Do not worry about anything. I shall look after you’.
“On the outskirts of the village, there was a banana orchard, where there was a banyan tree that was home to a thousand ghosts. The sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → had become extremely ill and was unable to walk any further. I felt extreme pity for him. So I prepared a bed of banana leaves one- and-a-half feet high under the banyan tree. As the sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → was suffering from dysentery and was passing blood, I would wash him and attend to him.
“He would give me enough of his money to buy sugar, gheegheeThis is clarified butter or pure butter that is formed by heating it until the impurities in it settle to the bottom.Tap to open in glossary →, and grains for himself. I would bring the ingredients, cook them, and then feed him. As for myself, I would go to the village for my meals. On some days, when I did not receive any food from the village, I had to do upvãsupvãsA fast where food is not consumed. However, a person may drink water if required.Tap to open in glossary →. Despite this, that sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → never once said to me, ‘I have enough money. Cook for both of us so that you may dine with me’.
“After serving the sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → for two months in this way he began to recover. Then, as we walked towards Setubandh Rãmeshvar, he made me carry his belongings weighing about twenty kilograms, whereas he walked with only a mãlãmãlãA rosary made of 108 beads, which is usually made of tulsi or sandalwood. The mãlã is turned with the right hand, by placing it over the middle finger and moving each bead one by one with the thumb, while reciting “Swãminãrãyan”.Tap to open in glossary → in his hand. By then, he was healthy and capable of digesting half a kilogram of gheegheeThis is clarified butter or pure butter that is formed by heating it until the impurities in it settle to the bottom.Tap to open in glossary →, yet he still made me carry his load while he walked empty-handed. In actual fact, my nature was such that I would not keep even a handkerchief with me. But respecting him as a sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary →, I walked carrying his belongings weighing twenty kilograms.
“Although I served that sãdhusãdhuMale person who has abandoned worldly duties and has chosen a strict life of religious activities under strict vows of poverty, brahm-chãrya, and obedience. A tyãgi.Tap to open in glossary → and helped him recover, he did not offer me even a single penny worth of food. Therefore, realising him to be ungrateful, I abandoned his company. In this way, a person who does not appreciate favours done by others should be known as a krutaghnikrutaghniAn ungrateful and selfish person. [Gadhadã I – 10]Tap to open in glossary →.
“In addition, if a person has committed a sin but has performed the prãyshchitprãyshchitPenance. Atonement.Tap to open in glossary → for it as written in the shãstras, then whoever still considers him a sinner should himself be considered a sinner, just like a krutaghnikrutaghniAn ungrateful and selfish person. [Gadhadã I – 10]Tap to open in glossary →.” || End of VachanãmrutVachanãmrutAmrut in the form of words. A collection of 273 spiritual talks delivered by Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn, that were carefully noted and collated by His senior sãdhus in His presence, and were authenticated by Him. Central philosophical shãstra of the Swãminãrãyan Sampradãy that summarises the essence of all Hindu shãstras.Tap to open in glossary → Gadhadã I || 10 || 10 ||